Mosasaurus missouriensis Harlan 1834 (mosasaur)

Reptilia - Squamata - Mosasauridae

Alternative combinations: Ichthyosaurus missouriensis, Mosasaurus missuriensis

Synonyms: Mosasaurus maximilliani Goldfuss 1845, Mosasaurus neovidii von Meyer 1845

Full reference: R. Harlan. 1834. Notice of the discovery of the remains of the Ichthyosaurus in Missouri, N. A. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 4:405-407

Belongs to Mosasaurus according to T. Konishi et al. 2014

See also Caldwell and Bell 2005, Cope 1869, Driscoll et al. 2019, Fanti et al. 2014, Gibbes 1851, Harlan 1834, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Leidy 1857, Russell 1967, Seeley 1869 and Thurmond 1969

Sister taxa: Mosasaurus beaugei, Mosasaurus caroliniensis, Mosasaurus conodon, Mosasaurus couperi, Mosasaurus dekayi, Mosasaurus depressus, Mosasaurus flemingi, Mosasaurus gaudryi, Mosasaurus gracilis, Mosasaurus grosjeani, Mosasaurus hobetsuensis, Mosasaurus hoffmannii, Mosasaurus horridus, Mosasaurus impar, Mosasaurus ivoensis, Mosasaurus lemonnieri, Mosasaurus lonzeensis, Mosasaurus minor, Mosasaurus mokoroa, Mosasaurus occidentalis, Mosasaurus prismaticus, Mosasaurus reversus, Mosasaurus scanicus, Nectoportheus validus, Amphekepubis johnsoni, Macrosaurus validus, Macrosaurus laevis

Type specimens:

  • Mosasaurus missouriensis: MNHN 9587; RFWUIP 1327, a partial skull (rostrum). Its type locality is SE of Pierre, which is in a Campanian marine shale in the Pierre Shale Formation of South Dakota.
  • Mosasaurus maximilliani:
  • Mosasaurus neovidii:

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Alberta collection), United States (5: Montana, South Dakota, Texas)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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